Jay Electronica - Performance @ Mezzanine (SF)
So… for the now 10 people that read our site, you know that I was playing host to Rosenberg this weekend. A gentleman and great DJ - that Rosenberg is. Alot of our talks were about either girls, hip-hop, food, and/or hoe-ass marks. One of the hip-hop discussions that we talked about while driving through the Bay was Jay Electronica. I let Peter know that I’ve been on the fence about him. I was put-off by the video of his first live performance but his production on “Queens Get The Money” changed my world. So although I couldn’t accept Peter’s invitation to go to Rock The Bells b/c of a wedding, I did meet up with him at the Afterparty. It was there that Jay put on a small set and I must say, like Rosenberg, I can co-sign for the dude. He’s the truth. Little rough around the edges but I can see him being great very soon. No septor on him though, that was disappointing. More videos of his performance and special bday shout-out after the Jump.
[...] And there’s a couple more at Know The Ledge [...]
i can’t believe i missed this shit. never gonna forgive myself for this. any more highlights?? nas? mos? q-tip’s set?
No sign of Nas but we didn’t show up till 12 or so. Q-tip DJed and played some classic joints. As a DJ critique though, he was all over the place - not much mixing and basically was going for the “OOOH!!!”s. Mos Def was basically the hypeman. Imagine a hip-hop version of Steve Harvey on the Original Kings of Comedy and that was Mos. Maseo from De La did the ending hour and did 3 cool mixes of Tribe, Biggie, and Big Daddy Kane but lost the crowd at the end. Overall, a real good show.
[...] Mr. Badu tears it down at Mezzanine in SF. Footage courtesy of Know The Ledge. [...]
Linked [...] http://abmnewyork.blogspot.com/2008/08/jay-electronica-is-clone.html [...]
Trackback [http://thaaftershock.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/jay-electronica-performance-at-the-mezzanine/]